| Show a Sports w ALDON RACHELE SPORTS EDITOR 1 1 9 3 7 r i 2 F. F 1 Al M. M i JANET of Colville Washington 2 left drives down the court with the basketball during the National Indian Activities Association Women's Basketball Tournament in Ft 1 i wy Duchesne last week Damon of Tuba City Arizona downed Colville 89 to 56 for first place last Saturday Also in the picture is Hill 55 Damon and Susie Marchand 4 Colville Damon of Arizona wins crown Damon o of Tuba City Arizona blasted Colville Washington 89 to 56 for or first place in the National Indian Activities Association Women's Basketball Tournament in Ft Duchesne at the Ute Tribes Tribe's MultiPurpose Multi MultiPurpose MultiPurpose Purpose Building last Saturday Teams from r rm m Washington Idaho Arizona Minnesota Utah North Dakota South Dakota New Mexico California Oklahoma Oregon and Canada competed in the four day tourney Hill o of Damon tossed in the first points o of the ball game when she bagged a two-pointer two early in the first quarter Colville fired in two t field goals in a row to take a 4 to 2 lead with 8 minutes left in the first qu quarter Dee Teller and Debbie Haynes put in two-pointers two to give Damon a 6 to 4 lead at the mark Colville's Lynne Coop Cooper l' l fired in a field goal to tie the score at 6 The Colville team tossed in ina ina a two pointer to take their final lead in inthe inthe the ball game at 8 to 6 Damon outscored Colville 16 to 2 in the final o of the first quarter as Sandra Navaho Dee Teller Hill Debbie Haynes and Jane Begay blazed the net with field goals The score at the end o of the first quarter was Damon 22 and Colville 10 Colville scored the first six points o of the second quarter to narrow Damons Damon's lead to 22 to 16 Damon which had suffered a scoring drought in the first five minutes o of the second quarter gained its first points o of the second quarter when Jane Begay flipped in a two Damon jumped out to a ten-point ten lead of 26 to 16 when Jane Begay fired in a afield afield afield field goal Colville cut the Damon advantage to eight points when Lynne Cooper popped in a field goal Dee Teller fired in a two-pointer two for Damon but Colville tossed in a two-pointer two to cut Damons Damon's lead to eight points to 28 to 20 Damon crushed the Washington teams team's hopes o of catching the Arizona squad as they outscored Colville 11 to 4 during the final three minutes o of the second quarter to take a 39 to 24 lead at atthe atthe atthe the end of the first half Jane Begay continued the amazing shooting hooting saga of the Damon team as she greeted the third quarter with a successful field goal attempt at atthe atthe atthe the mark The quarter quarters were ten minutes each DAMON BURNED the hoop with countless countiess baskets in the third quarter The Arizona team scored 30 points and the squad from the state o of Washington gained only 17 points The score at the end o of the tl third rd quarter was Damon 69 and Colville 41 41 The Arizona team fired in seven points in a row to take a 76 to 41 lead with to go in the contest Debbie and Debbie Haynes tossed in a field goal and Debbie Haynes also popped in three charity tosses Colville won the final eight minutes of the fourth quarter as they outscored Damon 15 to 13 However Damon won the ball game 89 to 56 Scoring points in the ball game for or Damon o of Tuba City were Jane Begay 17 Sandra Navaho 17 Deb Debbie ie Haynes 15 Hill Bill 14 Dee Teller 14 Debbie 8 and JoAnn Ashley 4 Damon fired in 13 out o of 23 free throws for or 56 percent Members of the Women's 1978 Basketball Tournament first place Damon are Jane Begay Debbie Haynes Hill Dee Teller Sandra Navaho Debbie Natalie Butler Angie Angle JoAnn Ashley and Norman Butler coach When asked to comment o of his teams team's DAMON of Tuba City Arizona garnered first place in the NIM tourney Members of the team are front row left to right right JoAnn Ashley and Jane Begay Back row win Norman Butler remarked We worked at it pretty hard We wanted to come back and win first place this year We got beat by Los Angeles Jax last year We beat Los Angeles this year We beat some real tough teams Los Angeles Jax was the only team we were afraid of After we won that game everything else came easy TOSSING IN points for or Colville Washington were Lynne Cooper 12 Janet 12 Debbie Jane 9 Susis Marchand 7 Myrna 6 Pam Stanger 6 and Mary Condon 4 Colville converted 6 out of 9 free throws for or 66 percent Members of the second place team Colville were Susie Marchand Mary Condon Lynne Cooper Myrna Abrahamson Janet Pam Stanger Debbie Jane Janet Nicholson Alison Boyd Patty Simpson Cheryl Priest Lorena Dick and Gene Nicholson coach WENDOVER WEEKENDERS TEAM STANDINGS ST W L Hullinger Goodrich-Hullinger 73 73 4 2 2 46 Spillman- Spillman May Spillman-May May 69 50 50 4 2 Turner Webb Turner Webb 69 Vi 50 I Ugh High Series Rick Spillman Zane Gray Diane Peltier Jim m Peltier High Games Jerry Webb Jim Peltier Alan Beck Zane Gray c 1 I 1 I ii L I I left to right fight Norman Butler coach Angie Angle Ts Ts- ingine Debbie Natalie Butler Debbie Debbie Deb bie Haynes Sandra Navaho Dee Teller TeHer and Hill |
